In the News  ||  Media Releases  ||  Events  ||  Jewish Life & Celebrations  ||  Careers  ||  Newsletter

Jewish Life & Celebrations

Chanukah

Khanukah: Home Ritual for Secular and Humanistic Jews

We rejoice in our heritage, which has given us the tradition of lighting Khanukah candles.

Ashreinu bi'rushateinu she'masrah lanu
et hatoreset l'hadlik ner shel Khanukah.

Mir freyen zikh mit undzer yerusheh
vos hot undz gegeben di
traditsiye foon ontsindn di Khanukeh likht


We rejoice in our heritage and honor our ancestors who fought to preserve it long ago at this season.

Ashreinu bi'rushateinu v'nikhabed et
omzei-ha'lev she'hitavku, v'he'avku
v'shamru ba'yamim ha'hem ba'zman ha'zeh.

Mir freyen zikh mit undzer yerusheh
oon gebn op koved undereh eltern
oon oor-eltern vos hobn
gekemft es tsu preservirn in
faryorikeh tsaytn, di tsayt foon yor.


We rejoice in our heritage, which has given us the indomitable spirit that has preserved our people and sustained us and brought us forward to this moment. (We are here!)

Ashreinu bi'rushateinu ha'ko'akh
shehekhi'anu v'kimanu v'higi'anu la'zman ha'zeh.

Mir freyen zikh mit undzer yerusheh
vos hot undz gegebn a moot
vos hot preservirt undzer folk,
oon undz oysgehaltn biz hayntiker tsayt.
(Mir zaynen doh!)

This home ritual for Khanukah can be found in "We Rejoice in Our Heritage: Home Rituals for Secular and Humanistic Jews" by Judith Seid, Kopinvant Secular Press, 623 Lake Drive, Towson, MD 21286. It is also available through the Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations.

Rabbi Seid is also the author of God-Optional Judaism: Alternatives for Cultural Jews who Love Their History, Heritage, and Community. Rabbi Seid is the cultural leader at Tri-Valley Cultural Jews in Pleasanton, California. Visit Rabbi Seid at www.SecularJewishWeddings.com

Back to Chanukah

Back to Jewish Life & Celebrations